efficient. safe. protected. controlled. a utopian city-state run like a multinational company. welcome to singapore incorporated. this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder shchlt ah la la la la sha la la la singapore. one could be forgiven for thinking it s a giant, ultramodern shopping mall. an interconnected, fully wired, air-conditioned nanny state, where everything is beautiful and nothing hurts. and those things are kind of true, especially if you read the papers or the carefully monitored internet. you look around the litterless streets where everything seems to work just fine, just fine. and you think, or you could be forgiven for thinking, gee, maybe a one-party system is just what we need. you look at all the social problems and ethnic strife, street crime, drugs that singapore has managed to avoid, and you could think, is this the life we want? it ain t my sy
today he will be meeting president xi jinping and the premier. michael clarke is an expert on australia china relations from the university of technology sydney and i asked him what prime minister albanese easy s priorities are in china. albanese easy s priorities are in china. ., ., , in china. the near goal on this visit is what in china. the near goal on this visit is what has in china. the near goal on this visit is what has been - in china. the near goal on this visit is what has been termed | visit is what has been termed stabilisation of the bilateral relationship, so what this means in practice i think is from the australian perspective is achieving some short term wins in a way, so further winding back on a number of the efforts of trade, coercion and economic coercion that china imposed around three years ago on australia on a range of australian commodities. so that is the short term goal for the prime minister. is the short-term goal for the prime minister. i
and the premier. michael clarke is an expert on australia china relations from the university of technology sydney and i asked him what prime minister albanese s priorities are in china. the key goal certainly on this visit and in the near term is what has been termed stabilisation of the bilateral relationship, so what this means in practice i think is, from the australian perspective, is achieving some short term wins in a way, so further winding back on a number of the efforts of trade coercion and economic coercion that china imposed around three years ago on australia on a range of australian commodities. so that is kind of the short term goal for the prime minister. how much of an impact did those trade tarrifs have on australian economy and businesses? the majority of the trade tariffs really targeted what you might term discretionary items within the bilateral relationship. you know, live lobster exports, the some australian wine industry as well and obviously the
And london. This is bbc world news. It is newsday. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 1am in Versailles Whether french president has been setting out his plans to reinvigorate the nation. As the 620 summit is in hamburg later this week, Emmanuel Macron promised a transformation of france and europe. The new leader made a passionate speech to a joint session of the National Assembly and senate but as we report, not eve ryo ne senate but as we report, not everyone was impressed. The dignity of the president ial office is something about which Emmanuel Macron feels very deeply. He came to versailles, a place of regal pomp and awe to talk to his legislators. He called and they came 900 deputies and senators in buses from paris. Newcomers to the assembly, like the mathematician and Macron Loyallist cedric villani, who saw nothing wrong with the president s unconventional summons. It is an exceptional, critical moment. The nation has gone through a terrible lack of trust recently.